St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-19
THEY BOW THE KNEE.
Uncle Hobart Wins His Fight for the
House Railway Guardianship at
Bismarck,
And Also Secures Good Places for the
3, Little Band of Followers Who
~ Stood by Him.
In Addition, However, He Has Gained
the Hatred and Distrust of the
Legislators,
And the osity Between North
and South is More Intense
Than Ever.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, Oak, Jan. 1S.-When the
house OF representatives was called to order
this afternoon the North Dakota crowd who
handled the revolutionary scheme yesterday
wore sorry faces, and their heavy eyes told
of sleepleSs night, and deep lines of anX-
iety threaded their brows. They were de-
jected and generally broken up. With
the South Dakota representatives it was
different. They danced iubilantly into the
hall, their faces wreathed in smiles, and
when the gavel of Speaker Crosse called
them to order they looked northward and
grinned tantalizingly. Hobart. the dis
gruntled member from Moody. had made
his bluff at the Southland he had raked in
the pot. as was evidenced from the familiar
way in which he hobnobbed with the men
who but yesterday he scowled at and. swore
vengeance on. Last evening the Sceptre of
power was almost in the hands of North
Dakota. and her representatives were
painting lurid pictures of magnificent ap-
preparations for her public institutions and
grand
REIGN OF TRIUMPH
over the WeaklingS of the South. But in
an unguarded moment she allowed herself
to be taken advantage OF. and the South.
by vigorous strokes, won back to the fold
"Uncle" Hobart and his six lambs, whose
wandering away into northern territory
yesterday created SO much anxiety on one
side and so much jubiation on the other
All last night North Dakota was trying to
hold the seven stalWartS who had wandered
within reach of their shepherds crooks. and
all last night South Dakota was trying to
reclaim her recalcitrant children. and when
the morning sun came up over the Eastern
prairies they had come back and were safely
locked in the best stalls with promises and
lronbouDd pledges. In the deal Hobart
has played the winning hand but has lost
the respect of the men of the North and
South for the reckless manner in which he
sacrificed principle to gain the chairman
ship OF paltry committee. If he had re
manned loyal to his people and
quietly swallowed the pill of dis
appointment that was choked down
his throat by Speaker Crosse he would have
won sympathy and friends Oh both sides of
the house. but his shuttlecUck style of al
lowing himself to be knocked about be-
tween two parties has brought him into
disfavor with all, and to night he is suffer
ing the stings and arrows of those who two
days ago We're his friends and sympathizers,
but he has in his grip the coveted chair
manShip of the committee on railroads and
he complacently smiles at the SCOTS and
leers. 1t was only through the manliness
OF Dr. Stewart, of the Black Hills, and j.
f. Fletcher, OF Aberdeen. that the breach
was healed. As soon as they discovered
THE OBJECT OF THE SCHEME
and found that it was founded on Hobart'S
indignation at not receiving the appoint
ment as chairman of the railroad commit
tee. DR.. Stewart told Hobart that he
would resign and allow the speaker to APP
point him (Hobart) chairman. He would
do this for the sake of harmony. and with
this understanding and the further stipula-
ton that Fletcher should give up the chair
manShip of the committee on appropria-
tonS to Berry. one of the secession SITS, and
that L. p. Ward. of Parker, should reIin
quish the craftsmanship of the committee
on insurance to ROyer, another disgruntled
member of the seven, and that Hobart
would be allowed to give the chairlnanshlp
of the ways and means committee to Jones,
of Charles Mix, the AN who made the
motion to reconsider the vote on the rules.
the mantle of peace was gradually drawn
around the shoulders of the Southern law
makers, and the North was left founder
ing away out in the cold. During
the session this afternoon Mr.. Jones
Withdrew his motion made yesterday
TO reconsider the committees report on
rules. and Fletcher presented a resolution
to the effect that the motion to reconsider
lie on the table. Williams. of Burleigh. a
North Dakota fire eater, who, hand in hand
with Alex Mckenzie, le" in the scheme
yesterday. fought against the withdrawal
of the motion and laying it on the table, but
the majority was against him and the reso-
luton passed. DR.. Stewart then rose and
said that in behalf of peace and harmony he
RENDERED HIS RESIGNATION
as chairman OF the committee on railroads.
Williams objected to his resignation and
hoped he would stay. He urged the house
| to refuse to accept his resignation. Adams
| of COoperstOwn, agreed with Williams. as
did other North DakOtians, and it was ev-
dent that they having been f0iled by Ho-
bartS double playing, would prevent, if
possible. his appointment as chairman
of the committee on railroads, Stewards
resignation was received. however and
Fletcher made brief speech in which he
urged the members of the house to quit
boys play and get down to work and work
| in harmony. Williams moved that Dr.
Stewart be made chairman of the commit
tee on railroads. Fletcher moved an ad-
journment. Williams moved call of the
house. Aiken moved that further pro-
ceedings be dispensed with, which motion
carried and the house adjourned until 2
O'Clock tomorrow. The scheme which was
detailed in yesterdays GLOBE. was one of
the boldest
STROKES OF POLITICAL DIPLOMACY
3, that ever occurred in Dakota since the pio-
| neer days when Enos Stutsnan stood at the
head of the Nortnernlfactlons. While but
for the absence of three men North Da-
kota would have neld absolute power, it is
more than likely that the combination. by
which she won would not have
lasted but Afew days at most, and she
would have been more helpless than ever
The move has hurt her. She played bold
game and lost. and now those who were in
it and recognize the fact that the South has
once more control of the house see that they
cannot reasonably expect mercy at her
hands, and it Is not probable that she will
receive it, for the South is mad and all the
North gets now she will have to fight for
1t has been gala day for the South and a
sad hour for the North. The appropria-
tons that last night she counted on so
easily getting Will probably be withheld
from her SO long as the South is in power.
AN IMPORTANT BILL
introduced by Dodds, of Nelson, was passed
in the house to-day. 1t provides that all
unpaid taxes for the year 1886 shall become
delinquent on the first day of February.
1887, and shall draw interest at the rate of